equipped to handle the rigors of the job of speaker of the house and has allowed a uniparty, one who fuels foreign wars, tramples on civil liberties, and decreases our disastrous national debt to take complete control of the house of representatives. whereas speaker johnson's tenure is defined by one self-serving characteristic when given a choice of advancing republican priorities or aligning with the democrats to preserve his own personal power, johnson regularly chooses to ally himself with democrats. now therefore be it resolved that the office of the speaker of the house of representatives is -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. greene: resolved, that the

>> and shortly thereafter, on a vote of 359 to 43, the house voted to table the motion to remove congressman mike johnson as speaker of the house. 11 republicans voted in favor of the motion. seven democrats voted present. representative greene's motion comes after house speaker mike johnson crafted approval of a bipartisan $95 billion national security spending package that included funding for israel, taiwan and ukraine, over objections from marjorie taylor greene and other republicans who didn't support money being spent. following the vote, minority leader hakeem jeffries and house speaker johnson spoke to reporters.

mr. jeffries: good evening, everybody. our decision to stop marjorie taylor greene from plunging the house of representatives and the country into further chaos is rooted in our commitment to solve problems for everyday americans in a bipartisan manner. we need more common sense, and less chaos in washington, d.c. marjorie taylor greene, an extreme maga republican -- and extreme maga republicans are chaos agents. house democrats are change agents. we will continue to govern in a reasonable, responsible and

result-oriented fashion and put people over politics all day, and every day. questions? i issued a statement in connection with what happened today, the vote to speak for itself. it was a vote of conscience. it was overwhelming. it was decisive. and we need to move forward as congress to solve problems for everyday americans. reporter: obviously the majority leader -- did you talk about that? mr. jeffries: have not had a conversation, no. earlier today at the statue unveiling. reporter: would democrats ask for any commitment on priorities

you have to help on a vote? mr. jeffries: house democrats will continue to solve problems for everyday americans, to put people over politics, as we once again did today, and to make life better for the american people. that's our commitment. that's what we've done from the very beginning of the 118th congress. that's what we're going to continue to do until the very end. reporter: the speaker came out afterwards, he reaffirmed his commitment to conservative ideals. do you feel you might regret this at some point? mr. jeffries: no. reporter: do you feel the speaker owes you anything? mr. jeffries: the only thing we ask of our house republican colleagues is for traditional republicans to further isolate the extreme maga republican wing of the g.o.p., which has visited

nothing but chaos and dysfunction on the american people. we're just interested in making sure that the house of representatives can continue to work in a bipartisan manner, isolate the performance artists, the pro-putin wing of the republican party, and the maga extremists, so we can get things done for the american people, the hardworking taxpayers, and for the constituents that we are all privileged to represent. in the people's house. that's a question for republicans with respect to his leadership in terms of the democratic house, we're going to continue to get things done for the american people. nothing more, nothing less.

solve problems for hardworking american taxpayers. nothing more, nothing less. people over politics. nothing more, nothing less. reporter: leader jeffries, if congresswoman greene brings this up again, what will you position be? mr. jeffries: haven't given it a thought. reporter: [inaudible] mr. jeffries: we are going to continue to operate under the premise that we need more common sense and less chaos in washington, d.c. we simply want to do our jobs, get things done, make a difference in the lives of the american people, solve real